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Letters Patent No. 112,441,` dated March 7, 187-1.

IMPROVEMENT IN DINING-TABLES.

l l Thdschednle referred to in thse Lettera-.Patent and making part of the same. l

To all `'whom it may concern.- Beit known that I, SAMUEL It. GARNER, of ,Inde pendence, inthe county of Buchanan and i-u the State `of `Iowa, have `irn/ented certain new and usefnllm- `provements in Dining-Tables; and do `hereby declare "strnction andgarrangement of a leaf dining-table, as `will behereinafter fully set forth. i

In order to .enable `others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use theV i same,"1 will now proceed to describe its construction and operation,- referring to the annexedfdrawing, in `which-J l f Figure l is a bottom view, and

Figure 2, aside elevation of my table. Ay representsthe 'top of the table, t which the leaves B B are` hinged.

` 'Onthe under `side of the top A, near each end,V is secnreda slide, C, grooved horizontally Qn` both sides,

` 'in which grooves are inserted tongues froml'the slides 1 D E, placed and `moving one on each .iside/of the The inner ,slides E E are` confined close to the stationary slide C by means of short` slats G G, while the outer slidesV DD are confined in like manner by means pf slatsH H,which` rnn across the` under side ofthe top A, and preventr the saine from warping.

The -slides D D on oneside and the slides .E E on `the other side of the table are'A attached to the legs I I,"the legs on veach side of the table being connected by'a hoard or bar, J. Y

rlhe legs, conheotinig-bar,u and `two slides on each side of `thc table, thus t'orm, as it were, a sliding frame tor thesnpport of the leaf B, each frame, when drawn vont to support the leaf, being guided by means of slats K K, placed one near eachendcn the under side of the leaf, which slats also serve to prevent the leaves from warping. y

Upon the end of each of the stationary slides .O is pi'voted'a lever, L, which is, by a rod, connected with the bar J on the side the lever is placed. l

The outer end of this lever passesunder `a guiderod, b attached tothe movable slide.

By the use ofthe levers L L the sliding frames are easily moved ontand in. Onlsmall tables these levers are not necessary, but on larger ones they are a great help. 0n the under side of each leaf B should be a small catch or other suitable device to hold the bar4 J, so that the frame will not slide inward when' the tablejs being moved abont. j Having thus fully described my invention,

hat I ,claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is i Y 1. `In combination with the slides GD E, the slats G H, on the top, and the slats K on the leaves ofthe table, substantially als and for the purposes herein set forth. j

2. -In combination With-the slides C D E, the levers L, arranged substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes herein set forth.4

3.-.'lhe combination of the slides C D E, legs I I, bars J J, slats G, H, and K, and levers L L, all constructed and V'arranged as described, and used in connection withaleaf-table, substantially as and for the pnrpose'sherein set forth. 4 ',ln testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this (5th day of September, 1870.

' SAMUEL It. GARNER. Witnesses:

O; A. CLARKE, F. H. CLARKE. 

